Sikander Zakriya

Associate Litigation

Washington, D.C. +1 202 389 3490

Overview

Sikander Zakriya is a litigation associate in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Prior to joining Kirkland, Sikander served as a law clerk to Judge Roderick C. Young on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and Judge Sarah A. L. Merriam on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Judicial ClerkHonorable Sarah A. L. MerriamUnited States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit2023–2024

Judicial ClerkHonorable Roderick C. YoungUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia2022–2023

Judicial ExternHonorable M. Hannah LauckUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia2021

Summer Honors InternUnited States Securities and Exchange Commission, Division of Enforcement2020

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Thought Leadership

Seminars

Guest Lecturer, “Are Crypto Assets Securities?,” Emerging Issues in Financial Regulation, University of Florida Levin College of Law, August 2024

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2023District of Columbia
  • 2022Maryland

Courts

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Education

  • William & Mary Law SchoolJ.D.summa cum laude2022

    Order of the Coif

    The Lawrence W. I’Anson Award

    Executive Editor, William & Mary Law Review

    National Moot Court Team

    CALI Award, Copyright Law

    James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin Law Scholarship

  • College of William & MaryB.A., Government & Philosophymagna cum laude2019

    The Cypher Award

    Senior Class President

    James Monroe Scholar